Quotations of the day

Quotations of the day
By The Associated Press

"I don't agree with all the people who support me. And my guess is they don't all agree with everything I believe in. But I need to get 50.1 percent or more. And I'm appreciative to have the help of a lot of good people." ' Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney after supporter Donald Trump once again claimed Barack Obama was not a citizen of the United States. Romney has said he believes Obama was born in America, but he has not condemned Trump's comments.

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"Mitt Romney's continued embrace of Donald Trump and refusal to condemn his disgraceful conspiracy theories demonstrates his complete lack of moral leadership. If Mitt Romney lacks the backbone to stand up to a charlatan like Donald Trump because he's so concerned about lining his campaign's pockets, what does that say about the kind of president he would be?" ' A statement by President Obama's deputy campaign managerStephanie Cutter.

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"It's very hard for me to describe what I saw, the images were incredibly disturbing. Women, children without heads, their brains or stomachs spilling out." ' A resident of Houla, Syria, where more than 100 residents were massacred this past weekend.